Aimee and I are doing fine...just hanging in there. It's pretty boring to be stuck in the hospital...but I enjoy getting all of the special attention from the nurses and doctors. LOL! :o)

I had another u/s today and the fluid level had decreased from 7.3 to 6.4. I was surprised because I had been drinking a lot of fluids and been on IV for three days but they didn't help. Oh well! I will have another u/s on Friday. Aimee is doing great so far. She has been moving a lot lately...she likes to poke her foot out on my right side...ouch!

Really, nothing much going on...I am just resting, drinking a lot of fluids and making many, many trips to the potty. Ha! Yup! I admit that I have been counting the days until Aimee is ready to be born.

A peri came by along with his small u/s machine this morning and he didn't say much about it. He preferred to talk to my regular OB first before telling me anything. Argh! All I know is that the fluid level is remain the same, which is good. So I am waiting for my OB to come so I can find out WHEN I am going to have a baby. Hopefully, he'll give me the date instead of stalling me. I am feeling mixed emotional - part of me feel not ready to have her yet but another part of me is so ready to meet my little girl.

Everything is going well. I have several mild contractions. Aimee's heart rate is good so far. My Dr. already gave me the date of delivery so I am not telling. :o) Ray and I agreed that we want to surprise you guys with the birth announcement. ;o)

Aimee likes doing the gymnastic. She kept flipping around in my womb. One day she was head-down then the next day, she went back to a breech position. Now she is head-down...hopefully she will stay that way until delivery so I wouldn't have a C-section.

I had an u/s with a peri and Aimee is still head-down. Yay! The peri said that everything looked good. The fluid is stable. 

A big day for me and Aimee!!! Here's the birth story:

With Chase, my firstborn angel, at 38 weeks, it took 11 hours of labor and 45 minutes of pushing. But with his little sister, it was quick and unexpected - 2 and half hours of labor and only 2 pushes! NO DRUGS!!!! I had no time for anything, which looking back was great that it happened so fast, but at the time I was freaking out. I always said that I wouldn't want to have this baby without an epidural, but Aimee had different plans for us! 

On Wednesday night, as I was waiting for the room in L & D floor become available but the Dr informed me that the rooms were full and I probably couldn't get in until the next morning...I was disappointed. At 11:30 pm, nurse came to announce that there was a room for me. Ray and I delighted packed our stuff and moved to L & D room. I was so ready for the Dr to put the gel into my cervix because with the gel, I had to wait another 12 hours for it to take effect and induced if my cervix is "ripe". My cervix was closed and thick. But it wasn't until 1 am when the Dr finally inserted the gel. I patiently waited until 1 pm for the Dr to removed the "string". I was only dilated 1 cm and still thick but soft. Again, I was disappointed...cuz I thought I had a long way to go. The drips of pitocin began at 2 pm...after an hour...nothing happened!! The nurse increased the dose - still nothing!! At 3:30 pm, Ray's parents came (my parents were already there) it finally happened. I guess Aimee was waiting for both set of grandparents to be there. Ha! At first, the contractions weren't that bad...at 4 pm, the bag of water broke. I was so excited. At 5 pm, I was in hard labor...I was panting and trying to focus...I had to kick everyone out except Ray and my sign language interpreter. Ray was trying to touch me...I told him not to touch me but he kept doing that so I had him to stand about 5 feet away from me. Finally, I felt that I had enough with the pain and asked for an epidural but the nurse laughed and said that I just started labor and in fact that I was only 1 cm dilated. I begged her to check if I had dilated any more because I could feel the pressure down there. But the nurse refused. Ugh! But after few minutes, Aimee's heart rate dropped...nurse decided to go ahead and checked my cervix. I was 5 cm dilated. The nurse said, ok I could have epidural but she had to page my Dr first for his permission. Again, few seconds later, Aimee's heart rate was still dropping, the nurse was puzzled and called for help with her cellular phone and handed it to my interpreter asking her to page my Dr while the nurse was putting the oxygen mask on me. I could tell that everyone in the room was scared. The same nurse checked me again and said "oh Lord, the baby is coming!!!" My Dr was stuck in the OR but the midwife who was with him left the OR and ran down the hall. My parents and my in laws saw her and several other nurses running into my room. They were so scared that something terrible went wrong. The midwife jumped on my bed (didn't have time to break down the bed) and told me to push. I saw Ray standing helpless; I grabbed his golf shirt and twist it while I pushed. The urge to push was soooo overwhelmed that I screamed! The head was out and one more push...Aimee was born at 6:03 pm. The midwife delivered her with her bare hands...she didn't have time to put on the sterile gloves. As she put Aimee on my chest, I was still in shock...Ray was crying...my interpreter stood there in daze. Aimee looked good and pink. Ray cut the cord. I wasn't sure if she was crying or screaming until the nurse took her away from me...according to my interpreter, she let go a lustful howl, which showed that her lungs were mature since she was 4 weeks early. I had a little tear but it wasn't bad. Everyone in the room was amazed about how fast the delivery was and told me that I did a good job. I must admit that I felt so wonderful after everything was over.

She weighed in at 4 pounds and 10 ounces and was 17 1/4 inches long. Her apar score were 8 and 9. :o)

Aimee was doing great and lost only 3 ounces. We both came home from the hospital. Ray and I were so happy that we finally became the parents of our little baby. So the journey as a family begins... :o)

THE END!